Festival line-up update – 16 Jan 2013

With absolutely zero ado whatsoever, today’s FLUU takes us straight to London and Field Day, which this year will host the great and just-unveiled Solange, Kurt Vile, Mount Kimbie, Savages and Wild Nothing in addition to past confirmations Bat For Lashes, Four Tet and Animal Collective. And if that isn’t a live programme, I don’t know what is.

Field Day promoter Eat Your Own Ears boss Tom Baker told CMU: “I am really excited about the line-up for Field Day 2013, it’s shaping up to be one of the best yet! Now more names have been added to the already amazing line-up, which so far includes groundbreaking double bill of Animal Collective and Bat For Lashes, as well as legends Mulatu Astatke and Thomas Mapfumo. I personally can’t wait for Solange’s first ever UK festival appearance and I am honoured to welcome the seminal performance-poet John Cooper Clarke as well as the brilliant Kurt Vile and so many other thrilling artists – they are all going to blow people’s minds!”

Now it’s to Denmark and its premiere fest Roskilde, as has just added pop/R&B queen Rihanna to an existing billing that features Sigur Rós, Animal Collective, Danny Brown and Action Bronson. So, that’s unusual, as is Brighton’s Once Inch Badge-hosted Sea Monsters 3 seven-dayer. Its now-final artist list harbours such rare rock pearls as Negative Pegasus, Garwolves, Traams and Abi Wade, so go on and go to it.

Another mentionable going-on in the grand scheme of Euro-festivals is that Poland’s most distinguished indie fest Off, as has just named Deerhunter, Lens Lekman and Laurel Halo amid its initial live players.

And finally, those details – plus other European festival extras – in their entirety: